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Jam on DUMBO

Sat - 08/20/2011

STill SAFFIRE 4:15-5:15

Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (in Brooklyn) on Adams Street between Front Street and Water Street10AM - 6PM

Jam On DUMBO Summer Family Music FestivalBringing Free Entertainment to BrooklynBROOKLYN, NY – Sidewalks in the city may be getting steamy, but onSaturday, August 20th, Brooklyn is really going to sizzle as Jam On DUMBObrings a full day of family entertainment to the Manhattan Bridge Archway.From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Adams Street between Front Street and WaterStreet, kids’ entertainers will jam on as local vendors sell their wares in ourcommunity marketplace. Jam On’s Summer Family Music Festival is free toattend.Musical performers include: bluegrass act Astrograss; an interactive Afro-Haitian drum and song performance by Bonga; kiddie cabaret band The IttyBiddies; ukulele duo The Mini Max Players; rockers Rolie Polie Guacamole;and teen alternative-rock group Still Saffire. The festival will also feature aperformance by P is for Puppet and a family yoga class led by Bija Yoga.Jam On DUMBO was founded in late 2010 by a group of local parents lookingto bring more children’s music programming to the cobblestone-linedneighborhood known as DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan BridgeOverpass). After hosting a series of successful winter music concerts, Jam OnDUMBO began to think bigger: Along with planning its Summer Family MusicFestival, the organization has brought a weekly drop-in music classes to a localcafé and is planning a Music Week at P.S. 307, a local elementary school thatprimarily serves the Farragut public housing complex.